Originally posted by CBJHockeyNut:
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Originally posted by coachdavidh:
Hey thanks CBJHockeyNut! I appreciate the feedback.
No problem and thanks for the additional background. Other than breaking it down by type of improvement/skill trained (i.e., speed work, strength exercises, etc.) do you break anything down to the position level? What I am thinking of, for example, is lateral movement exercises to increase the explosiveness/quickness of a hockey goalie's lateral movement. There is certainly some quick twitch stuff in there as well as muscle groups for side-to-side movement that might (have no idea) be different than forward/backward speed.
Goalies are probably the only carve out in hockey that comes to mind. In other sports you would have specific arm/shoulder exercises for pitchers and quarterbacks. It might be there but I didn't find it immediately. Like I said above, there is a lot there.
